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It is scheduled to begin on July 9 and is estimated to last three days.

Judge Bennett remanded him in custody.

The Criminal Prosecution Service has confirmed that a second man, 29-year-old Scott Green, of Derby, had charges against him dropped over the incident.

Speaking at the time of the robbery, Etwall resident David Hollingworth, 73, said he heard a woman shouting “help me, I’ve been robbed” as he walked out of Steve’s Fish Bar next door at just after 9pm on the day of the crime.

David Hollingworth, 73, discovered a woman tied up following a robbery in Etwall, Derbyshire (Image: Robbie Gordon)

He said: “It was really dark and raining so I couldn’t actually see the young woman, but I heard her calling for help.

“I found her standing with three cable ties around her ankles and two around her wrists - she was very distressed. She had been left out in the rain for 10 to 15 minutes and was soaked.